It's...A...

BOY!

More info and ultrasound pictures to come, but for now, we are still a little shocked, overwhelmingly excited, and starting to plan names and the nursery!  I just couldn't hold it in any longer though.

Any parents of boys...advice welcomed.

Love,

The very excited Finglands

18/19 Weeks

Baby Highlights:
-Feeling Baby 2 move!  I've noticed some random "bubbles" and flutters since about 16 weeks, and they've just been getting a little bit more noticeable the past 2 weeks.  It's so exciting and makes me even more thrilled for when Lucy and Bryan can feel!
-Countdown to the big day on Friday...official guesses:  Bryan-girl, Lucy-girl, Katie-girl (that way we're either all wrong or all right!)
-Feeling pretty good in the 2nd trimester--just tired and my feet hurt!


18 weeks
19 weeks
Lucy wanted to take a picture of us.  And then yelled at Bryan and told him "you have to smile!  Let's take another one."
 

Life with Lucy:
(I don't want to forget with all this baby business that we have the most entertaining and hilarious 3.5 year old ever.  Gotta remember these too!)
-Lucy's favorites:  acting like she's Elsa, singing Jungle Book songs, Let it Go, and ALL the radio songs (especially Love Runs Out, Rude, On Top of the World), acting like she's our teacher by teaching us songs, telling us to use quiet voices, and making us walk around in "line" to the "playground" (her room).
-Lucy is becoming so independent and loves feeding Bailey, getting everyone waters, wiping her messes, peeling her own hard boiled eggs, etc.  Many thanks to Montessori school and having a mom who was sickly pregnant and couldn't do much this summer for her! ;)
-Favorite quotes...we asked Lucy what she learned about Maria Montessori (they celebrated her birthday at school) and she said with a straight face "she fell into hot water and is dead."  Bryan and I got big eyes and then lost it.  I was in tears trying to hold back my laughter.  I finally couldn't anymore and Lucy wondered what the big deal was.  We were totally not expecting that answer and couldn't contain our shock/laughter.  She also feeds me some of her food and says "eat this because it will go into your tummy and into the baby's mouth."  Such a caring big sister already!
-Lucy's been doing great at preschool.  She's starting to get even more comfortable and trying new things.  She has been a bit timid at first, even though she's a wild, crazy, dancing/singing machine at home--hmm, like mother like daughter.  She loves the class fish, Peace Fish, and comes home telling us about different friends she's meeting.  It's the highlight of my day to rush over and pick her up and talk with her about her day.  

 

Try Clicking this to see if video will work:  https://plus.google.com/101238607047988694288/posts/J7Jhbde3Hs5?pid=6059880223570082178&oid=101238607047988694288&authkey=CJnt_au34OGuwAE

We will write back this weekend/Monday with our big announcement!  
Bryan, Katie, Lucy and the banana 

New and Exciting Changes

Hope you all like the new blog design.  There have been a lot of changes around here so we're hoping to give you an update.  Lucy Kathleen's blog has now been changed to The Finglands, as we are expecting Fingland baby #2 this February 4th!  Like we did with Lucy, we'd love to try and keep you guys informed with some pictures and stories of this little one's pregnancy and more.  We love having the blog posts from that time with Lucy, and it was a great way to create a "baby book" and keep family and friends who are interested in the loop.  However,  I say try because life is pretty crazy around here with Lucy starting preschool and me going back to work.  Hopefully we can at least get down all the moments and memories we want to keep of this special time.  I will email out when I update, which will hopefully be weekly to monthly at least.  Thanks for sharing the excitement with us and we can't wait to meet this new little one!

The First Trimester
So glad that the first trimester is far behind us.  It was a rough one with this babe--lots of food aversions, some throwing up, and lots of nausea.  It didn't make for the most fun , but we were very busy this summer so it helped make the time pass by faster!  Luckily the second trimester has me feeling more energetic and less nauseousness, but we've been hit with some other illness instead.  Ready for a healthy fall...fingers crossed!

12 Week Ultrasound pictures:
Heartbeat: 170bpm
Special Notes:  We did our genetic testing at this ultrasound, and it took about 20 minutes for the tech to get the measurement down.  Baby #2 was literally pushing off the walls and jumping the entire time!  

Telling Lucy:  We told Lucy she was going to be a big sister on Friday, August 22nd.  She had already been saying things all summer like "Your belly is getting big.  Is there a tiny baby in there?" so it was fun to finally spill the beans.  She immediately was excited and wanted to buy the baby a blanket and stuffed animal.  And, being protective said "the baby will need to sleep in my crib so she doesn't fall out and get hurt."  After seeing the ultrasound (black and white) pictures, she cracked us up by asking "Is the baby going to come out black?"  She has been so sweet and gives baby hugs, cuddles, and waves goodbye to it in the window every morning when I leave for work.  

Next up...
Our big gender ultrasound is scheduled for Friday, September 19th and Lucy gets to come with us.  We are all so excited and have a paper chain countdown with pink and blue paper going on!  Lucy says it's a girl, Bryan says it's a girl, and my hormones change my mind daily :)

17 week bump:
 

Lots of love,
The super excited Finglands

Lucy's 3!

I guess we were busy enjoying the holidays, winter, and spring because it's been a while!
I wanted to update with some pictures and stuff about our new 3 year old in the house.  Lucy turned 3 in March, and had a 'yellow' themed birthday party--her favorite color.  Somehow her 2nd year flew by, we have almost lived in our "new" house for a year, and summer is around the corner (woo hoo!).  Lucy has continued to surprise us with how funny, smart, entertaining, and sweet she has been this past year.  We're so lucky to have her light up our lives!
Here's the link to her party photos from our homemade "photo booth": https://plus.google.com/photos/101238607047988694288/albums/6007898901941914833?authkey=CMW3t7bQis79Iw
Here's the link to her 3 year old photo shoot we did in Golden, CO:  https://plus.google.com/photos/101238607047988694288/albums/6007901354087487393?authkey=COGigvfl-fSXhwE

Other than that we are looking forward to a fun summer.  We have a family vacation with just the 3 of us coming up to San Diego that we can't wait for!  Lucy is also getting excited to take her first dance class and soccer camp, and she might even play t-ball.  Hopefully I'll get some great pictures and stories and have time to post those this summer.  

Hope you all are well!
Love,
The Finglands

Halloween and Thanksgiving

I know it's the New Year but I'm quickly catching up on posts...

Here were some more highlights from our Fall:

*We went to the Four Mile Historic Park in Cherry Creek for a Fall Festival and saw tee pees, covered wagons, horses, and more. 

 

*We went to a pumpkin patch and festival at the Chatfield Botanical Gardens in Littleton, and it was so much fun!  We each found a pumpkin and cut it off the vine ourselves.  Lucy also got to ride her first carnival rides--a tiny ferris wheel and the airplanes.  She enjoyed bouncing in the bouncy castles too.  We can't wait to make it an annual tradition!

*Lucy had both sets of grandparents visit for before/during Halloween.  She chose to be a pirate and Mommy made her costume for her.  She looked so cute and we got to go to Boo at the Zoo, as well as a quick trick or treat for the first time on Halloween night.  It was really windy so we went to about 8 houses and Lucy got to eat some treats and hand out candy before bed time.  She loved it.


*Thanksgiving was spent in Colorado this year.  It was relaxing to have the week off to spend with Lucy.  We had Aunt Blair and Anthony over for our first Thanksgiving feast in the new house.  Anthony and Lucy spent the evening playing in a couch fort while the rest of us were too full to move...thanks Anthony!

More to come on Christmas! We just got back from a great trip to St. Louis.

The Finglands
PS-I just posted the pictures for this "month" into the blog post, so no other links this time around. 

Fall in Colorado

We've had a beautiful fall here in Colorado.  We made it up to Guanella Pass for some family photos at the end of September just as the aspens were changing.  Enjoy those photos and more in our Fall album:  https://plus.google.com/photos/101238607047988694288/albums/5939644640429073857?authkey=CLy99s-96b2t8AE
Fall Part 1 Album

Some other highlights of September/October include:
-Lucy's new favorite song, Katy Perry's "Roar", has been a hit around here.  We even have a dance and Lucy is learning the verses now, so I'm hopeful we can make her first music video soon :)
-Lucy has been loving watching "Cardinal Baseball!" as she calls it.  We watched the NLCS and World Series, but it wasn't our year.

-way back at the beginning of September we went to Miller Farms again with Blair, Anthony, Betsy, and Tobey.  We all got tons of veggies and Lucy loved picking peppers, carrots, and onions with us.
-We celebrated Aunt Blair's birthday by hiking up St. Mary's Glacier near Idaho Springs.  It was the first time we had all done it and it was a gorgeous hike.  Lucy wanted to do the whole thing without being held, and even saw a "munk chip" (chimpmunk).
-attending lots of Fall Festivals and carnivals--one at Four Mile Historic Park in Denver, one at Mommy's work, and a neighborhood party.  (see another post coming soon about these)
-Lucy is starting to make deals with us and it cracks us up.   "Just a minute...just one more...that's a good deal, right Mommy?" are heard quite often.

Since I got off track with posting, I'll leave it at that for now.  We have lots more to share from our pumpkin patch adventure, and Halloween, as well as visits from both grandparents!  It's been a great fall so far and we've been enjoying all of it.

Hope you all are well!
Love,
The Finglands

Lucy's First Camping Trip

Happy fall!  We kicked off our fall with Lucy's first camping trip this past Labor Day weekend.  We went to Deer Creek campground near Bailey, CO and luckily found a spot.  Lucy was so excited to set up and sleep in the tent--and so was Bailey!  We had lunch at the campsite, Lucy attempted to take a nap (I think she finally fell asleep in the tent), and then we went for a walk around camp.  However, the rain started pouring soon after, so we spent an hour playing in the tent.  Thankfully we borrowed a ginormous 3 room "party tent" from our friends, so Lucy had plenty of room to play.  

We were also so excited when the rain stopped just in time for dinner.  Bryan was smart enough to gather all our wood during Lucy's nap, and cover it with a tarp during the rain.  Lucy learned from Daddy how to build a campfire, and then had her first hot dog and marshmallow roasting experience.  She loved it!  Especially the s'mores--which are also my favorite part of camping!  We walked some more after dinner, and then layered up the jammies for bed time.  We all were pretty tired and slept great, then woke up early and headed out.  It was a great time and we can't wait to take her again.  

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the trip:  
https://plus.google.com/photos/101238607047988694288/albums/5926534390521862449?authkey=CLa5s7Tz3ob4oAE
(With the change from Picasa Web Albums to Google Plus, there have been some issues with sharing photos.  If you run across the link/album that won't allow you to see it, please click on the the "request to view" button, or email me.  That way I don't need to make the photos public, and I can make sure the people who are viewing the album are those that I want to share it with...i.e. you guys!  Thanks!)